Topic summary
⁠76%3 analyzed articles/videos1,522 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Media Mergers results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Framing Effect, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 24.7% saturation with 1,799 hits. Analysis detected 10,653 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,285 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠63% (6,230 of 16,562 topics). This Media Mergers is worse (more manipulative) than 62.40% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 7,285
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

62% percentile
025507510062.4% percentile
3.7% BS Score3 analyzed articles7.3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 24.7%24.7%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 12.4%12.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.8%0.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.0%1.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.9%0.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.5%6.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.7%0.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.7%0.7%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 5.5%5.5%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Topic 12.4%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 24.7%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 16.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 12.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 2.0%Anecdotal: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 5.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 2.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.6%Begging the Question: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 1.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.3%, sitewide 3.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 4.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 1.9%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 0.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.1%Bandwagon: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos